dialect (noun)
1dialect — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ local, native, regional ▪ rural, urban ▪ non standard ▪ northern, southern …
2dialect — ► NOUN ▪ a form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group. DERIVATIVES dialectal adjective. ORIGIN originally in the sense «dialectic»: from Greek dialektos discourse, way of speaking …
3dialect geography — noun the study of the geographical distribution of linguistic features • Syn: ↑linguistic geography • Hypernyms: ↑linguistics * * * noun : linguistic geography * * * dialect geographer …
4dialect — noun the island dialect was influenced by the Spanish in the sixteenth century Syn: regional language, local language, local speech, vernacular, patois, idiom; regionalisms, localisms; informal lingo •• dialect, argot, cant, jargon, lingo, slang …
5dialect — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle French dialecte, from Latin dialectus, from Greek dialektos conversation, dialect, from dialegesthai to converse more at dialogue Date: 1577 1. a. a regional variety of …
6dialect — noun /ˈdɑɪ.ə.ˌlɛkt/ a) A variety of a language (specifically, often a spoken variety) that is characteristic of a particular area, community or group, often with relatively minor differences in vocabulary, style, spelling and pronunciation. A… …
7dialect atlas — noun an atlas showing the distribution of distinctive linguistic features • Syn: ↑linguistic atlas • Hypernyms: ↑atlas, ↑book of maps, ↑map collection * * * noun : linguistic atlas * * * …
8dialect atlas — noun Date: 1925 linguistic atlas …
9dialect geography — noun Date: 1926 linguistic geography …
10dialect continuum — noun A range of dialects that vary slightly by region, so that the further apart two regions are, the more the language differs …
